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Hydrogen Generation for 500 hours by Photoelectrolysis of Water using GaN

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2012

W. Ohara ,
D. Uchida ,
T. Hayashi ,
M. Deura  and
K. Ohkawa
W. Ohara
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
D. Uchida
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
T. Hayashi
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
M. Deura
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
K. Ohkawa
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
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Abstract

We confirmed that GaN photocatalyst with NiO cocatalyst (GaN-NiO) continuously produced hydrogen from water for 500 hours without any extra bias. The GaN-NiO photocatalyst was hardly etched and 184-mL hydrogen gas was produced from the electric charge of 1612 coulombs, the Faradic efficiency of which was 89.2%. The conversion efficiency from incident light energy to hydrogen chemical energy was 0.98% in average for 500 h. The incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) was 50% at 300 nm and 35% at 350 nm after the experiment, which was much higher than those of other semiconductor-based photocatalysts.

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HIII-Vphotochemical
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1446: Symposium U – Materials for Catalysis in Energy , 2012 , mrss12-1446-u01-09
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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